musichal
poet emeritus
I had told Rick I was gonna give him a cheap Lepai 2020A+ as a thank-you for helping me pick up the Fortes, but when he showed up Sunday I was unable to find the one I thought was unopened in my audio closet.
He dropped by yesterday for a visit, and by then I'd found the darn thing where it had slipped behind some other boxes, so he got his Lepai. He'd never heard of them, so when I told him the price he was suitably unimpressed. I explained the wallwart upgrade, and talked the amp up enough so that I think he'll try it out rather than toss it. Waiting to hear from him on that widget.
He likes to listen at higher SPLs than do I, so we were cranking the Fortes up pretty high. As a cabinet maker he spent more time with loud machines than did I, so his hearing losses trump mine by a little, understandably. (For me woodwork was a home improvement and hobby endeavor, and not avocation.) We had a good visit and he was impressed with the Fortes.
Later in the evening, listening at much lower levels, I was very happy with their sound turned down. I found that I could still hear the detail and the bass just hunky dory at quite low levels, and still get good dynamics, too. Inasmuch as I tend to do quite a bit of low level listening that was music to my ears indeed. I'm likin' this and finding that they fit my needs well. Sound great at low, moderate and high SPLs. If Fortes won't play loud enough for you, then either you have a damn big room or I don't wanta be in there with you, but will send Rick as my proxy to get the lowdown.
Really, I was very pleased to hear the dynamic plucks, snaps, etc at very low levels; adds a lot of musical enjoyment when in the mellow mood mode of low level listening. Bob James and Earl Klugh's collaborative effort "Cool" was well served by this approach.
He dropped by yesterday for a visit, and by then I'd found the darn thing where it had slipped behind some other boxes, so he got his Lepai. He'd never heard of them, so when I told him the price he was suitably unimpressed. I explained the wallwart upgrade, and talked the amp up enough so that I think he'll try it out rather than toss it. Waiting to hear from him on that widget.
He likes to listen at higher SPLs than do I, so we were cranking the Fortes up pretty high. As a cabinet maker he spent more time with loud machines than did I, so his hearing losses trump mine by a little, understandably. (For me woodwork was a home improvement and hobby endeavor, and not avocation.) We had a good visit and he was impressed with the Fortes.
Later in the evening, listening at much lower levels, I was very happy with their sound turned down. I found that I could still hear the detail and the bass just hunky dory at quite low levels, and still get good dynamics, too. Inasmuch as I tend to do quite a bit of low level listening that was music to my ears indeed. I'm likin' this and finding that they fit my needs well. Sound great at low, moderate and high SPLs. If Fortes won't play loud enough for you, then either you have a damn big room or I don't wanta be in there with you, but will send Rick as my proxy to get the lowdown.
Really, I was very pleased to hear the dynamic plucks, snaps, etc at very low levels; adds a lot of musical enjoyment when in the mellow mood mode of low level listening. Bob James and Earl Klugh's collaborative effort "Cool" was well served by this approach.
